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To the purchase of specimens and collections for practically all 



the departments of the Museum 

 To the support of field parties : 

 To Japan for whales 



To South America for mammals and birds 

 To Montana, Wyoming and South Africa for fossils 

 To Wisconsin, Montana, Florida and the Arctic for work 

 among the Menomini, Crow, Blackfoot, Seminole, 

 Hidatsa and Eskimo 

 To Woods Hole, Mass., for marine habitat groups, and 

 the vicinity of New York for local insect collections 

 To mural paintings for the Northwest Coast Hall 

 To books for the library 

 To scientific publications of the Museum 



Trustees Special Funds Account. — The total net con- 

 tributions to this account during the year have been $71,407.32, 

 the largest sum in recent years. It frequently occurs that 

 valuable collections, which it is very desirable that the 

 Museum should acquire, are offered for sale when it is impos- 

 sible to purchase them from the regular income; or, there may 

 be some special exploration which should be undertaken 

 immediately. It is then that some patron or group of patrons 

 is sought who will contribute funds for this special purpose 

 and the responses have been most generous. Very important 

 is the part that this supplementary income has played in the 

 development of the Museum. Without such support the 

 Habitat Bird Groups would not have been possible, the Congo 

 Expedition would have been postponed indefinitely, and 

 numerous invaluable collections would have been lost to the 

 Museum. 



Trustees Permanent Endowment Account. — The total 

 endowment at the close of 1910 was $2,340,365.49. The Per- 

 manent Endowment has been increased by three substantial 

 contributions. Mrs. John B. Trevor has contributed $5,000, 

 From the estate of Darius Ogden Mills $100,000 has been 

 received. From the estate of Phebe Anna Thorne the Museum 

 has received $25,000, to be known as the Jonathan Thorne 

 Memorial Fund, the income from which is to be applied to 

 the development of a Room for the Blind. 

 Respectfully submitted, 



Henry Fairfield Osborn 

 February 13, 1911 President 



